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The Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest

BOSTON

Boston Public School Students Selected to Perform with The Boston Pops at the May 20 Fidelity FutureStage Concert

Fidelity and the Boston Pops Kick Off New Music Education Initiative,
January 28, 2008
CHICAGO

Fidelity and the CSO Surprise Local Chicago High School with $25,000 Worth of New Musical Instruments, January 31, 2008
HOUSTON

Fidelity FutureStage Awards to Be Presented at Houston Symphony’s Music Educator’s Concert, January 25, 2008

Fidelity and the Houston Symphony Donate More Than $50,000 Worth of Instruments, December 13, 2007
LOS ANGELES

Fidelity and the LA Phil Surprise Local Students with $50,000 Worth of New Musical Instruments, April 16, 2008
NEW YORK CITY

Tony Award Winner Elton John Congratulates Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest Winner Madeline Hendricks

NY Public School Students Make Broadway Debut in Fidelity FutureStage Finale at the Imperial Theatre; Queen Latifah to Host the June 15 Gala Event, June 1, 2009

Billy Elliot the Musical and Fidelity FutureStage invite students to participate in the Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest, March 19, 2009

Fidelity FutureStage Students Meet Stars of Speed the Plow, February 4, 2009

New York Students Make Off-Broadway Debut, June 2, 2008

Broadway Luminaries Lend Support to Fidelity FutureStage, March 23, 2008

NYC Students Make Unprecedented Off-Broadway Debut, May 21, 2007

Fidelity FutureStage Announces the 10 Student-Written Plays Selected for the Finale Performance, March 29, 2007

Fidelity Investments Launches Fidelity FutureStage, November 17, 2006
Other Cities

Two Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools to Receive $20,000 worth of New Instruments as part of Fidelity FutureStage Music Program

Fidelity Investments and the North Carolina Symphony Surprise Local Schools with $50,000 Worth of New Musical Instruments to Kick-Off Fidelity FutureStage, January 27, 2009

Fidelity Donates Instruments to KIPP Believe College Prep in New Orleans, October 24, 2008
GENERAL INFORMATION

2008 Fidelity FutureStage Holiday E-Card Campaign

Coverage of Fidelity FutureStage activities has been featured in numerous print and broadcast media outlets, including The New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, Boston Globe, InStyle, Variety, Chicago Tribune, Playbill, Metro, Money Management Executive and Backstage Magazine.

February 11, 2010 The Huffington Post: Fidelity FutureStage Helps Public Schools Get a Groove On
February 10, 2010 Chicago Tribune: 'Now our Band is Complete' ... Four Chicago schools get $100,000 in donations for music programs
February 10, 2010 Boston Herald: Free instruments? Sounds good to future musicians
February 10, 2010 KTTV-TV (FOX Ch. 11, LA): VIDEO - Students Surprised with New Instruments
February 10, 2010 FOX 5 (Chicago): VIDEO - Kori's Shoutout: Fidelity FutureStage Program
February 10, 2010 KTRK-TV (ABC Ch. 13, Houston): VIDEO - Students cash in for better band instruments
February 9, 2010 Associated Press: Jamie Foxx Delivers Music, Instruments to Kids
February 9, 2010 LA Times: Students surprised with new instruments... and a Jamie Foxx sighting
February 9, 2010 NECN (New England Cable Network): VIDEO - 'Sound of Music in Boston Schools' - highlights from 2010 Fidelity FutureStage music program kickoff at Symphony Hall
February 9, 2010 ETonline (Entertainment Tonight): Jamie Foxx Helps Bring Music to Children
December 3, 2009 Los Angeles Times: Classical music e-cards, with a philanthropic twist
September 24, 2009 Dallas Morning News: Dallas high school band rejoices over $25,000 worth of new instruments
June 24, 2009 Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Students Make Broadway Debut in Fidelity FutureStage Finale
June 19, 2009 People.com: FFS Finale Host Queen Latifah quoted about event in
June 18, 2009 Sound & Town Report (Westchester, NY): PACE Student Makes Broadway Debut
June 16, 2009 Entertainment Tonight: Host Queen Latifah and Fidelity FutureStage Finale featured on National CBS program
June 10, 2009 Theatermania: Billy Elliot the Musical Judges Select Winner of Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest
May 19, 2009 New England Cable Network (NECN): Students To Share Stage with The Boston Pops
April 17, 2009 Newsday: Kidsday talks to the Billys of "Billy Elliot"
April 6, 2009 Chatham County Schools: NC Symphony Music Director Visits Chatham Middle Band
March 28, 2009 Access Hollywood: Hollywood Radar, March 28, 2009 (Note: Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest is featured in last segment of video)
March 28, 2009 BroadwayWorld.com: Queen Latifah Hosts Fidelity FutureStage Finale Gala Event at Imperial Theatre 6/15

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Students Make Broadway Debut in Fidelity FutureStage Finale

Sound & Town Report (Westchester, NY): PACE Student Makes Broadway Debut

People.com: FFS Finale Host Queen Latifah quoted about event in "Caught in the Act" column

Entertainment Tonight: Host Queen Latifah and Fidelity FutureStage Finale featured on national CBS program

Theatermania: Billy Elliot the Musical Judges Select Winner of Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest

BroadwayWorld.com: Queen Latifah Hosts FFS Finale Gala Event At Imperial Theatre 6/15

New England Cable Network (NECN): Students to share stage with the Boston Pops

Newsday: Kidsday talks to the Billys of 'Billy Elliot'

DPS TV, Channel 4: Video segment on NC Symphony Director Grant Llewellyn's recent visit to Eastway Elementary, a Fidelity FutureStage school in Durham, NC

Chatham County Schools: NC Symphony Music Director Visits Chatham Middle Band

"Access Hollywood": Hollywood Radar, March 28, 2009 (Note: Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest is featured in last segment of video)

MORE ARTICLES

BroadwayWorld.com: Billy Elliot Visits Fidelity FutureStage

Playbill: Miranda, Lithgow and More Part of Fidelity FutureStage Programming

WBZ News Radio, Boston: Fidelity FutureStage and the Boston Pops Donate Instruments

News & Observer: Gift Joins Instruments, Young Musicians

Merit School of Music in the Community with Bridges Blog: Merit, CSO & Fidelity Invest in the Musical Talent at Hirsch HS!

EW.com Entertainment Weekly: PopWatch Blog Site of the Day: Holiday E-Cards for a Good Cause!

Houston Chronicle: An Original Work of Art

New York Post: New Voices: Teen Playwrights Command the Stage

Entertainment Exclusives.net: Charles “Roc” Dutton Inspires NYC Students of Fidelity FutureStage

Broadway World.com: Chazz Palminteri With Fidelity FutureStage Students

Playbill: Palminteri and Dutton to Take Part in FutureStage Program

Broadway World.com: TV Exclusive: Fidelity FutureStage

NY Daily News: Ten Acts of Youthful Creativity

Backstage.com: NY Students Look to FutureStage

New York Times: New Program in Schools Takes Students from Playwriting to Performance

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Fidelity & the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra announce two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will join Fidelity FutureStage music program this fall and receive $20,000 worth of new instruments (June 2009)
Entertainment icon Queen Latifah hosts 2009 Fidelity FutureStage Finale at the Imperial Theatre in NYC June 15, showcasing the Broadway debut of six student-written plays
Boston high school students perform with the Boston Pops on the Symphony Hall stage at Fidelity FutureStage at the Boston Pops May 20 and June 10
Elton John congratulates FFS Playwriting Contest Winner Madeline Hendricks of Larchmont, NY (May 2009)
Fidelity & the stars of Billy Elliot the Musical officially kick off the Fidelity FutureStage Playwriting Contest (Mar 2009)
Broadway artists share experience with FutureStage students - Feb highlights: Speed the Plow stars Raul Esparza, Elisabeth Moss & William H. Macy; playwright Alfred Uhry; director/ choreogapher Kathleen Marshall

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